catch
wrestling (professional)
noun KATCH Rare
Origin: English 'catch(-as-catch-can)'
Usage Note
Catch is a French borrowing from English referring specifically to professional or theatrical wrestling, not Greco-Roman wrestling (lutte). It retains its English pronunciation in French. A practitioner is un catcheur (masculine) or une catcheuse (feminine).
Examples
"Il regarde le catch à la télévision."
Natural Translation
He watches wrestling on television.
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